Been in the saddle since the sun came up
Roundin' up strays in this old West Texas dust

She's been packin' her things since I put the coffee on

By sundown she'll be gone.

Damned this old girth, worn right in two

But a spare link of leather and I'll make it do

And just when I think I got life by the reins

Home ain't sweet home on the range.

If heartaches were horses and hard times were cattle

I'd ride home at sunset, sittin' tall in the saddle

If heartaches were horses and hard times were cattle.

And she'd say she loved me and this cowboy way of life

She'd be right beside me when we rode home tonight.

If heartaches were horses and hard times were cattle

I'd ride home at sunset, sittin' tall in the saddle

If heartaches were horses and hard times were cattle...